PHYI 705 - Communicating Scientific Results (1.0) This course is required for students in the Physiology Program in years 2 and 3, and is only open to students in the PHYI and NBIO curricula. The goals of this class are:

To develop in each student the ability to speak and write effectively about science—with ease, clarity and even pleasure!

To develop the skill of illustrating talks effectively

To eliminate the defensiveness provoked in students by being critiqued, edited, and rehearsed

To build self-confidence in speaking and teaching

To demystify various professional duties and give students practice in how they are executed

These goals are accomplished through multiple mechanisms: student presentations of PowerPoint and chalk talks, formal rehearsal with class buddies and formal presentations to the faculty, videotaping of the presentations and one-on-one review of the video with Dr. Stuart, critiques by Dr. Stuart and other students of presentations and writing assignments, critiquing of departmental seminars, training in audience engagement from a person experienced in theater. Each week a different faculty member from the C&M Physiology Department or the Neurobiology Curriculum visits the class to bring a fresh perspective. A lunch with these “visiting” faculty ends the semester. Fall. Goy. Fridays 1:00-2:30PM in 3118 Neuroscience Research Building.

PHYI/NBIO 722C - Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology: Electrical Signaling (17 sessions) (2.0) Prerequisite, permission of course director. This block considers the genesis of electrical impulses in the nervous system with an emphasis on membrane potentials, voltage-gated and mechanically-gated ion channels, and structural features of neurons that influence coding. Fall. Sealock.